Managing Global Forests in View of Multiple Goals: An Evidence-Based Perspective DOI Creative Commons
Matteo Vizzarri

Land, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(12), P. 2169 - 2169

Published: Dec. 13, 2024

Forest ecosystems are increasingly facing challenges related to overexploitation and climate land-use change, thereby posing a threat the myriad benefits they provide. management is only tool for ensuring that adaptation, mitigation, biodiversity conservation in forest maintained further enhanced over time. However, managers might not have clear guidance on how ensure these goals achieved through their practices, which why goal-driven framework proposed discussed this study. The provides an overview of possible effects alternative practices services, conservation, wood extraction production. Based framework, following “should-haves” towards achieving multiple outlined: consideration trade-offs between other benefits; need reflect time space variability; incorporation sensitivity. suggested actions as follows: improve monitoring framework; implement more robust modeling tools; consider policy trajectories.

Language: Английский

Effects of close-to-nature forest management on carbon stocks in Pinus tabulaeformis plantations in northern China DOI Creative Commons

Jinmei Xu,

Huiling Tian, Jun Xiao

et al.

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 7

Published: Jan. 28, 2025

Scientifically understanding how to increase the carbon stocks of plantations under great demand for forest sinks meet 2.0 or 1.5°C target Paris Agreement is attracting mounting attention. As one most promising plantation management regimes, it pertinent ask whether close-to-nature could improve Pinus tabuliformis in trees, shrubs, grasses, litter, and soil. This study investigated analyzed effects management, comparison with no human intervention, on P. three age-classes (10-, 47-, 56-year-old stands) over 6 years Wangyedian Experimental Forest Farm Chifeng, China. The results showed amounts tabulaeformis were similarly ranked (soil > trees litter grasses shrubs), vegetation, ecosystem increased significantly stand age ( p < 0.05). Close-to-nature annual increment tree stock 47- stands, as well that soil also all whereas decreased both stocks’ 10- 47-year-old stands. was greater (7.49 Mg∙hm −2 ∙a −1 ) than stands (5.82 but vice versa intervention (56-year-old: 3.98 vs. 47-year-old: 6.78 ). inverted response indicates reasonable measures mature defined by current Chinese classification standards. Additionally, since ca. 60-year-old still growing, this suggests maturity pine specie can should be extended produce timber larger diameters sequester more carbon.

Language: Английский

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Beetles, wind, and fire: Effects of climate change and close-to-nature forestry on disturbance predisposition and ecosystem service trade-offs DOI Creative Commons
Simon Mutterer, Clemens Blattert, Leo Bont

et al.

Forest Ecology and Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 586, P. 122690 - 122690

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Maintaining Rockfall Protection in Mountain Forests Under Climate Change: Optimizing Management for Sustainable Stem Size Distributions DOI

Hiltner Ulrike,

Jonas Glatthorn, Timothy Thrippleton

et al.

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Building virtual forest landscapes to support forest management: the challenge of parameterization DOI Creative Commons
Marco Mina, Sebastian Marzini, Alice Crespi

et al.

Published: Feb. 28, 2025

Simulation models are important tools to study the impacts of climate change and natural disturbances on forest ecosystems. Being able track tree demographic processes in a spatially explicit manner, process-based landscape considered most suitable provide robust projections that can aid decision-making management. However, challenging parameterize setting up new areas for application studies largely depends data availability. The aim this is demonstrate parameterization process, including model testing evaluation, area Italian Alps using available data. We processed soil, climate, carbon pools, vegetation, management data, ran iterative spin-up simulations generate virtual best resembling current conditions. Our results demonstrated feasibility initializing with typically from plans national inventories, as well openly mapping products. Evaluation tests proved ability capture environmental constraints driving regeneration dynamics inter-specific competition forests Alps, simulate dynamics. subsequently be applied investigate development under suite future scenarios recommendations adapting decisions.

Language: Английский

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Dynamic Effects of Close-to-Nature Forest Management on the Growth Investment Strategies of Future Crop Trees DOI Open Access

Zhengkang Zhou,

Heming Liu,

Huimin Yin

et al.

Forests, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(3), P. 523 - 523

Published: March 16, 2025

Close-to-nature forest management is a sustainable approach aimed at achieving balance between ecological and economic benefits. The cultivation of future crop trees in the later successional stages following removal competitive crucial for promoting positive development trajectories succession. Understanding dynamic process growth investment strategies facilitates rational planning cycles scopes, ultimately enhancing quality tree cultivation. This study was conducted Pinus massoniana secondary with close-to-nature Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, using handheld mobile laser scanning technology to precisely reconstruct structure trees. Over period 2–5 years initial implementation management, 3D point cloud data were collected annually from both managed reference (non-managed) plots. Using these multi-temporal data, we analyzed dynamics strategies, structural components, crown competition A linear mixed-effect model applied compare temporal variations indices control Our results revealed that height-to-diameter ratio gradually declined over time, while crown-to-diameter initially increased then decreased These trends significantly different those observed Additionally, height rates plots consistently lower than plots, whereas diameter breast (DBH) higher. Furthermore, gap area their neighboring diminished, overlap progressively increased. suggest growth, driven by competition, shifted toward DBH management. In stage after trees, benefited ample radial space minimal competition. However, as became increasingly limited, enhance mechanical stability achieve balanced structure. processes underlying mechanisms contributes predicting community development, improving productivity, maintaining diversity, ensuring

Language: Английский

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Integrating fire predisposition assessment into decision support systems for mountain forest management DOI Creative Commons
Simon Mutterer, Janine Schweier, Leo Bont

et al.

MethodsX, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 103332 - 103332

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Managing Global Forests in View of Multiple Goals: An Evidence-Based Perspective DOI Creative Commons
Matteo Vizzarri

Land, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(12), P. 2169 - 2169

Published: Dec. 13, 2024

Forest ecosystems are increasingly facing challenges related to overexploitation and climate land-use change, thereby posing a threat the myriad benefits they provide. management is only tool for ensuring that adaptation, mitigation, biodiversity conservation in forest maintained further enhanced over time. However, managers might not have clear guidance on how ensure these goals achieved through their practices, which why goal-driven framework proposed discussed this study. The provides an overview of possible effects alternative practices services, conservation, wood extraction production. Based framework, following “should-haves” towards achieving multiple outlined: consideration trade-offs between other benefits; need reflect time space variability; incorporation sensitivity. suggested actions as follows: improve monitoring framework; implement more robust modeling tools; consider policy trajectories.

Language: Английский

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